An Act To Require an Interstate Identification Index System Background Check for Certain Crimes
Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §458 is enacted to read:
§ 458. Interstate identification index system background check required for certain crimes
(1) Use of a dangerous weapon as defined in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 9;
(2) A victim who suffers serious bodily injury as defined in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 23; or
(3) A victim who is a family or household member as defined in Title 19-A, section 4002, subsection 4.
For the purposes of this section, "interstate identification index system" has the same meaning as in Title 25, section 1703, subsection 12.
summary
This bill amends the criminal procedure laws to require an attorney for the State charging a person with certain crimes, prior to filing the charging instrument with a court, to conduct an interstate identification index system background check on that person. The attorney must certify in the charging instrument or an amendment to the charging instrument that the background check was conducted and must include with the charging instrument or with an amendment to the charging instrument a description of all information obtained from the background check that is relevant to the charges brought.